The Leafs have a mighty challenge this off-season to fill out a roster with no cap space while not dealing away their most valuable assets.
So the fact there is some cap space included helps.
The Leafs overall are incredibly thin asset wise so I do think they can't afford to lose many deals. I would feel better about this deal if it was Connolly+2nd rounder so that then the Leafs have both the cap space and an asset (the 2nd) to go out and add another roster player - which is what they need to do
That type of tweak pushes it over the line and seems reasonable.
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